A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works
Swift reveals his satirical genius in this witty collection of prose that includes such popular works as A Modest Proposal and A Tale of a Tub. The surprising, sometimes perverse humor and stinging mockery, are the hallmarks not only of a master satirist, but of a skilled controversialist and...
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Swift reveals his satirical genius in this witty collection of prose that includes such popular works as A Modest Proposal and A Tale of a Tub. The surprising, sometimes perverse humor and stinging mockery, are the hallmarks not only of a master satirist, but of a skilled controversialist and public spirit, someone intensely concerned with engaging pressing issues and affecting his audience in certain ways. The art of satire has rarely provoked more controversy and had such lasting effect.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780879759193 (0879759194)
Publish date: June 1st 1995
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Pages no: 277
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Humor,
Writing,
Essays,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Irish Literature,
Politics,
Philosophy,
Ireland,
Short Stories
This small collection contains 5 of Swift's satirical pieces. "A Modest Proposal" is definitely the best of them. It is strong, the writing is deadpan, and it is also the easiest for a modern reader to understand. It is excellent. I do know that people read it and don't understand it is satire. It i...
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Humorous - great satire! Although I admit that I read this one to increase my % to goal on 1001 books to read before you die...
Witty. Provoking. Macabre. And unbelievably mistaken by some of his contemporary fellowmen. "A Modest Proposal" is a masterpiece on how satire may be used for condemning human hypocrisy revealing the social issues unseen by the calculated blindness of many governors.The anthropophagy solution for wi...
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